Basque Tables

word

Baserri

The Basque farmhouse: house, barn, byre and family under one roof, and the unit of inheritance that sent younger sons to America.

Ataungo Amundarain baserria
Ataungo Amundarain baserria
Txapisotegi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Root
baso + herri — wild place, settlement (Euskara)tradition

Note

Primogeniture kept the baserri whole and gave the rest of the children a ticket. That is the mechanism behind every room in this directory.

Pictures

Etxeberri baserria Anoetan (Gipuzkoa).
Etxeberri baserria Anoetan (Gipuzkoa).
Aioramu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Goiuriako baserri bat (Iurreta, Bizkaia)
Goiuriako baserri bat (Iurreta, Bizkaia)
Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Iztueta Berri baserria, Lazkaoko Lazkaomendi auzoan.
Iztueta Berri baserria, Lazkaoko Lazkaomendi auzoan.
Txapisotegi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

Kin

Basque carvings on Aspen tree near Steens Mountain.Artzainwordwhat he left, and whyBasque cupboard with lauburu (=basque cross), (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).Ostatuawordwhat met him at the other endHouse in the hamlet of Sougey near Samoëns (Haute-Savoie, France) with openings in shapes of Basque cross.Etxewordthe word inside the word

Sources

Record provenance: tradition · confidence medium · updated 2026-09-16